One Week Later

Hi Guys,

I just wanted to thank al those out there who've been so fabulous the past week. It's definitely been a bit of a roller coaster ride for me.
Given that all the recent attention that I've been getting, (as a result of Phil and a lot of other factors) is wearing off, I've found that I've been taking the sudden drop in views [and unsubscriptions] to heart.

Coming to that conclusion has snapped me back into focusing on what I really should be doing... producing content that I'm proud of and is sustainable.

To all of you out there who've given me the chance to experiment with different things, and given me direction, and stood by me as I've waddled through... well... you're all just fabulous!

I've been thinking of venturing out into the outside world with my trusty video recorder and showing you around a day in my life. It'll be a big step for me... somewhat worried (and dreading!!) it, but I'm sure I won't get yelled at in a public space of anything... hmmm...we'll see.
hahah...

Anyway thanks again for listening!
Lyla.

Wowza....

Oh.
My.
God.

I CANNOT believe that I just crossed the 15,000 mark! Utter madness!

Granted 14,000 of them came through the sxephil response vid (poor people.... they were none the wiser... just clicked on it, and regretted the day they were born...) but seriously though.... 15,000, over a thousand that came from people watching it and deciding to come back for more (agony that is).... it's astounding, and completely blew me out of the water.
You guys rock.

Thanks for joining me on this crazy adventure...
Lots of love,
Lyla

Thank You. Really.

Hi Guys,

So I woke up this morning somewhat dazed and confused about last night.
Sifting through the events of last night, it turned out I slept at about 4am, after writing that very depressing post. My first instinct with this whole thing is to pretend like it didn't happen, delete the post, and get on my merry way ('tis the season after all!) Until I got a private message from someone who happened to read it.

Having a complete stranger take time out of their very busy day to sit down and write me a long message about how people are watching and that I'm doing great, blew my mind. I haven't been feeling completely comfortable with the content I've been putting up, and I realized that all I've been doing is asking for your support.
And SO many of you have given it.
It's so overwhelming.
And I feel very small for not appreciating it more, and taking the negatives of what people are saying more to heart than all the kind words and notes of support.
It's so much easier to be mean on an anonymous platform like YouTube, and even easier to just be indifferent.  Being supportive and helping other people out takes much more time, and for that I'm eternally grateful.

Thank you all for being so great.
It really has put things into perspective for me.

Lots of love from Bahrain,
Lyla.